Oscar Maltipi Totem Pole in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The Oscar Maltipi Totem Pole is a beautiful colourful totem pole showing many animals including the mythical Thunderbird and a killer whale.

This plaque says:

OSCAR MALTIPI POLE

FIRST NATIONS ORIGIN STORIES TELL OF THE ANIMALS AND supernatural beings who helped found family lineages. These stories are celebrated in songs, dances, and totem pole carvings. Kwakwaka'wakw artist Oscar Maltipi carved this pole in 1968. Originally from
Turnour Island, Maltipi trained at the Royal BC Museum under artist and teacher Henry Hunt